GRAIN

Robotics: World’s smallest origami BIRD created that is 20 times smaller than a grain of sand

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Scientists create the world’s smallest origami BIRD that is 20 times smaller than a grain of sand The tiny self-folding robot birds were made by experts from the United States Each is 60 microns wide and made from a sheet of material only 30 atoms thick The sheet is a ‘shape memory actuator’ which folds … Read more

Child-like mummy thought to contain human remains is revealed to be packed with GRAIN

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A CT scan revealed the remains of a child-like mummy were actually just mud and grain packed together and shaped to represent Osiris, the Egyptian god of death.   The 3,000-year-old mummy was one of two sent for a CT scan at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel, by the city’s National Maritime Museum. Both sarcophagi had … Read more